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AGXX40 KNHC 200517
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
120 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2007

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
UPPER LOW NORTH OF MONA PASSAGE AND EAST OF BAHAMAS IS PART OF A 
BROAD TROUGH OVER THE REGION.  STRONG MIDDLE LATITUDE TROUGH 
EXTENDS SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN U.S. COAST TO FLORIDA.  THIS 
PATTERN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME FLATTER THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A 
RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

SURFACE...
THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WINDS WILL BE TRADE WINDS OF UP TO 20 KNOTS 
SOUTH OF 22N.  THESE WINDS MAY OCCASIONALLY REACH 25 KT IN THE 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN.  ELSEWHERE WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE 10 KT OR 
LESS.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST LATE 
FRIDAY THEN WEAKEN OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL